A knotty character

The New York Times has picked '5 New Books We Love This Week' and this includes

This Dark Night by Deborah Lutz

In her lyrical new biography, Lutz shines light on the most enigmatic of the literary, secluded Brontë sisters: Emily. She was described as introverted, odd, guarded to the point of taciturnity, and her “extreme reserve seemed impenetrable,” said her friend Ellen Nussey. “Except to go to church or take a walk on the hills,” wrote her sister Charlotte, “she rarely crossed the threshold of home.” Lutz writes that Emily was indeed a knotty character of “devilish ferocity,” but she was also informed, engaged, even cosmopolitan in her reading and outlook.

You can check on the Official London Theatre YouTube channel for the appearance of Charlie Burn and Ashley Gilmore from the cast of the upcoming London production of Gordon & Caird's Jane Eyre. The Musical at the recent West End Live 2026 in Trafalgar Square. They performed Sweet Liberty and Secret Soul.

For Father's Day yesterday, AnneBrontë.org had a post on Patrick Brontë.